Total cost of Edinburgh Tram inquiry: FOI release

Information requested

1. The total cost of the Edinburgh Tram inquiry to date.

2. A breakdown of cost by year since establishment to date.

3. The cost of any external legal advice or representation for the Scottish Government as part of the Edinburgh Tram inquiry (please indicate whether this is included in the answer to question 1).

3a. Please breakdown this expenditure by year.

Response

1. The total cost of the Edinburgh Tram inquiry to date is £12.111 million.

2. A breakdown of cost by year since establishment to date is as follows.

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	Total
Expenditure	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s
Staff costs	385	1,212	1,332	1,033	477	277	283	137	5,137
Accommodation	173	333	326	342	40	13	11	9	1,247
Professional fees	103	561	721	848	426	143	167	40	3,009
Transport Scotland Legal fees				49	56	182	88	20	395
IT	184	343	237	182	133	116	139	60	1,395
Miscellaneous	54	108	63	481	90	51	53	29	929
Total	899	2,557	2,679	2,935	1,222	782	740	296	12,111

3. The cost of any external legal advice or representation for the Scottish Government as part of the Edinburgh Tram inquiry is included in the table above and in the answer to question 1.

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